#009: Wandering Around Wondering
There is a common belief that, when we are creating something, we need to know specifically what to look for and how it will contribute to our end creation. In this episode, our host Joy Anderson flip...
28 Apr 202322min
#008: Silicon Valley Bank Collapse: An Opportunity for Change?
In March of 2023, Silicon Valley Bank suddenly collapsed after its sale of long-term US treasury bonds at a hefty loss triggered investor panic and a run on the bank. The collapse has had widespread a...
4 Apr 202332min
#007: Knowledge and Power. Part One.
This is the first of many episodes around knowledge and power. In the first segment, Joy reflects on a story when she was fundraising for good capital and a VC put her and her knowledge in its place....
3 Mar 202345min
#005: Imagining Alternative Futures and Contingencies
In this episode, we explore imagining alternative futures and thinking through the contingencies in those futures. The first segment broadly introduces the importance of imagining alternative futures...
14 Feb 202330s
#006: Why the Future Matters in Finance
In this episode, we’ll revisit a conversation Joy had with two amazing leaders in the field of sustainable finance back in September of 2021. They were simply recording a series of context sessions in...
14 Feb 202317min
#004: Designing an Investment Thesis for Gender Lens Investing
In this episode, we have two segments that we're going to weave together both focused on investment theses. At Criterion, one of the most important levers of change, in our opinion, is to look at shap...
2 Des 202228min
#003: Bringing Financial Imagination to the Afghanistan Crisis
In this episode, Joy has a conversation with a colleague, Pablo Freund, who spent several months looking in depth at economic sanctions and investments tied to the realities in Afghanistan at the end ...
14 Nov 202231min
#002: Checking Our Power in the Work of Building Fields
In this episode, we’re going to look at some of the power dynamics in field building organizations. Think of the sociology, the medical profession or gender lens investing as fields. There are three w...
14 Nov 202228min
